Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
5. International Congress of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye, 21 - 22 Mayıs 2023, ss.155
This study
aimed to examine the moderating effect of machiavellianism in the relationship
between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior.
Data were
collected from 306 employees. 31.7% were females (97 people), whereas 68.3% were males (209
people). The mean age of the participants was 41.33 (SD = 7.48).
A Just World
Scale (Öcel, 2009), Counterproductive Work Behavior Scale (Spector et al.,
2006), and Machiavellianism Scale (Christie and Geis, 1970) were used in the
data collection phase.
The moderating
effect of machiavellianism in the relationship between belief in a just world
and counterproductive work behavior was tested using the PROCESS macro analysis
(Model 1) for SPSS (Hayes, 2018).
According to
the results of the regression analysis based on the bootstrap method conducted
to determine the moderating effect of machiavellianism in the relationship
between belief in a just world and counterproductive work behavior characteristic
is significant (F3,302 = 10.61, p<.001). All variables (belief
in a just world, machiavellianism, and interaction variable) explain about 10%
(R2 = .095) of change in counterproductive work behavior. Belief in
a just world affects counterproductive work behavior positively (b = .530, t = 2.72, p<.05).
Machiavellianism affects counterproductive work behavior positively, also (b =.490,
t = 2.93, p<.01). The interaction effect
(moderator effect) of belief in a just world and machiavellianism variables on counterproductive
work behavior is significant (b
= .066, t = 2.99, p<.01).
This result
shows that the relationship between belief in a just world and
counterproductive work behavior is regulated by machiavellianism in the
business environment. In other words, machiavellianism has a moderating effect.